Hi Michael,

my system board is a 98562-66530...

> :)On the board, there is a jumper block marked "LAN". One of those jumpers
> :)has the description "REM". Please toggle this jumper and try to boot
> :)again.
> 
> That's mighty strange, since everything I've read (and my own experience)
> is that the REM DIP switch has the hp300 use the serial port as a console
> (as opposed to HIL keyboard and framebuffer).

There is a second jumper block marked "HPIB/RS232" with another jumper
labeled "REM". That one switches to a remote console and aparently is the
"REM DIP" you are talking about.

Cheers,
Jochen